Today's subjects are an ancient myth and a modern beast. The beast appears below in conjunction with details about two media interviews, one of which you can hear on the Internet. But first, the ancient myth . . .

FREE SISYPHUS

In ancient Greek mythology Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to push the same rock up the same hill for eternity. I'm SISYPHUS. My rock and hill is the $14,000 I must raise each month to keep Downsize DC in business. Fortunately . . .

The ever-increasing number of monthly pledgers we have is making this "rock and hill" smaller with each passing month. The more monthly pledgers we have the less additional money we have to raise each month. And when we reach $14,000-a-month great things happen.

* We start advertising and growing with high speed* We launch the "One Subject at a Time Act"* I, in my role as SISYPHUS, will be free of my rock and hill, and I won't have to make so many funding appeals

All monthly pledgers will be listed as Legislative Sponsors on the forthcoming webpage for our new "One Subject at a Time Act," unless they choose not to be listed. If you don't wan't to start a monthly credit card pledge but do want to be listed on the roster, you can get your name there for a one-time gift of $76 or more. One-time donors are the people who keep us going until we reach our goal for monthly pledges. You can contribute here.

I have it on good authority that SISYPHUS appreciates all of you very much!

THE MODERN BEAST -- LIVE INTERVIEW TODAY

I will be a guest on "Politics & Religion" with Irvin Baxter and Craig Treadwell today (9/18) at 4 PM Eastern (3 PM Central, 2 PM Mountain, 1 PM Pacific). The subject? The Mark of the Beast -- no kidding. The hosts believe that the Real ID Act is the number without which no man can buy or sell described in Revelation 13:16-17.

Well, I think Big Government is certainly a "beast" and a dangerous one at that. Author Robert Higgs has made a career writing books about this beast he calls Leviathan. And the result of the Real ID Act is a national ID card without which you won't be able to drive, board a plane or train, open a bank account or cash a check, buy cigarrettes, alcohol, or firearms, get a job, or vote.

I think this might be an interesting show. Perhaps we even have a new ally in the fight to repeal the Real ID Act?

If you live in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, or Washington, or if you can listen via satellite or shortwave, you can check for a station in our area in the section at the bottom of the radio web page labeled "Find a Station." Again, that link is http://endtime.com/radio.asp

RECORDED INTERVIEW AVAILABLE ONLINE

I was interviewed by John St. George for the Free Market News Network about the Read the Bills Act and DownsizeDC.org. The interview is now available at www.freemarketnews.com. After you've listened, please Post Feedback.

Reminder... When we've arrived at the point that we have $14,000 per month in pledges, we'll introduce our "One Subject at a Time Act." We're eager to reach both goals. We hope you are too! http://www.downsizedc.org/contribute.shtml

Together, we can Downsize DC!

Jim BabkaPresidentDownsizeDC.org, Inc.

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